I like Uriah Heep. I mean the band, not the Dickens character. The Magician’s Birthday was easier to take than David Copperfield. Meaning the eponymous fictional character, not the magician. Although, come to think of it, I’m not a big fan of magic, either. Anyway, couldn’t stand Dickens’s lachrymose style. But I did stand on his grave at Westminster Abbey. It was an accident. A tour guide glared at me.